<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> I came up with a fool-proof way to repair broken keys. Construct a small "table"  - -a piece of hard wood like oak, about 15 inches long and about 4" wide, and glue a 4" by 4" block onto each end for the legs, so that the piece of wood sits fairly level and about 4 inches above whatever you place it on. To repair a key whose halves haven't yet separated, clamp the center where the break is, without glue, for the purpose of getting the 2 halves into the right position. Now clamp the key firmly to the board (I like Irwin ratchet clamps) using a few clamps if necessary. Make and outline of the key with a good pencil, remove the key, glue up the break getting into the cracks with a slim, flexible blade, clamp the break, and then re-clamp the key to the little table according to the outline, making sure to clamp it firmly so that both sections are flush with the table. In this way the key's bottom will end up perfectly flat, and there's no chance that the key will end up "pointing" to the right or left, because it's glued according to the outline. In a case where the key is in two pieces,you can treat it the same way or make an outline of an adjacent key, which will probably be more accurate.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jesse Gitnik   NYC</DIV> <DIV>Since 1980</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <A title="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http://www.aol.com" href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target="_blank"><B>AOL.com</B></A>.</BODY></HTML>